# Dhigaldanga Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhigaldanga

Dhigaldanga is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **541 people in 105 households**, the 170th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 541people (2011)
- 105households
- 63.8%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhigaldanga

Of every 100 households in Dhigaldanga in 2011, 50 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhigaldanga · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****28%**

**16%

Television ****20%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dhigaldanga?

■ Dhigaldanga · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****706**

**955

Working population ****61.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 55.9% for women. 64% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 224 (67%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Itahar

- Jagadal560 people
- Laskarpur551 people
- Simuldanga548 people
- Golhat544 people
- Malanchi538 people
- Panchadebati512 people
- Haripur497 people
- Patnalia497 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhigaldanga?541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhigaldanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhigaldanga?63.8% (Census 2011)